Fairey Delta 2
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Cockpit in the making
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Initial paint job
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Thining out the air intakes, before and after. Will have one more go.
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Mould quality is quite good in 1/72 when you can see the tire brand on the main wheels
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Starts to look like a plane, fitting is decent but some putty will be needed.
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Testfitting
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Starts to look like an aircraft
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Painting in progress
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Half way.
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Finalize, good straightforward kit
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Komentáře
38 8 February, 16:33
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Thanks all mates for commenting, much appreciated 👍 and thanks to all likes! You're very kind 😊
18 February, 08:09
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I will receive the kit tomorrow! 😉 Looks like quite a modeller-friendly kit...
18 February, 10:47
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@Robert Podkonski - Great to hear that your kit will arrive soon!👍🏻
The kit is quite good, plastic is a little bit on the soft side. Fitting of windscreen have been a little fiddly so far and the pitot is easy to break, otherwise a straight forward build.
Going for one of the bare metal versions - metal paint today that will need to cure some days.
18 February, 16:22
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Yes - had a big bump in the road with the windsceen. I misplaced the instrument panel and things went south with screen, broke it in two parts and had to rebuild, repolish and varnish it again…
21 February, 20:32
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OK, I'm late to the party (as usual), following with interest from here on in. It's looking unusual and great obvs mate! This was such an iconic airframe for sure, who doesn't love a delta 😉 👍
22 February, 11:22
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Thanks S M & Ekki for comments!
Yes, the nose tilting is a quite intresting feature.
8 March, 19:42